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United Kingdom: ‘I stole a mobile phone almost 20 years ago – I’ve spent half my life in prison’
A father who stole a mobile phone when he was in the grips of a drug addiction is still languishing in prison almost 20 years later under an “inhumane” indefinite jail term.
Source: independent (16/02/2025)